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The Story of the Stone, Volume II: The Crab-Flower Club, Chapters 27-53

The Story of the Stone, Volume II: The Crab-Flower Club, Chapters 27-53

Cao Xueqin
Hawkes, David
Hawkes, David

Paperback

Series: Story of the Stone, Book 2

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $21.00

ISBN10: 0140443266
ISBN13: 9780140443264
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Sep 29 1977
Pages: 608
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature.

The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, The Dreamer Awakes, was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker through life, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision, which reveals to him that life itself is merely a dream, 'as moonlight mirrored in the water'.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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